Armed police swarm West Auckland home, children at nearby school ordered to roadside
Armed police have swarmed a home in West Auckland for a planned search warrant.
Photos from Amberley Ave in Te Atatū South show multiple police cars and officers with rifles outside the address.
Officers have taped off Amberley Ave and ordered all children at nearby Flanshaw Road School to exit on the roadside.
Armed Offenders Squad members used drones and ordered the occupants of the property to come out.
Police Eagle helicopter is hovering overhead.
The Armed Offenders Squad is at Amberley Ave in Te Atatū South. Photo / Hayden Woodward
The school said it was following instructions from police.
As armed police stood guard, officers approached the address with guns drawn, while a dog team arrived.
Some students from the school have gone to waiting parents, with most children leaving through the other entrance to the school.
The operation, which began shortly before the end of school, is ongoing.
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